Apprentice Teaching Assistant L3
ISLE EDUCATION TRUST
Epworth (DN9 1HQ)
Closes in 29 days (Wednesday 20 August 2025)
Posted on 22 July 2025
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Summary
Job Purpose is to work under the direction of the classroom teacher to assist in the teaching and assessment of individual, or small groups of students. Manage student behaviour and ensure a safe learning environment.
- Wage
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£12,955.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Teach and assess individual or small groups of students within the classroom as directed by the teacher
- To effectively manage student behaviour and any other immediate issues or emergencies that arise in accordance with academy policy
- To support students to engage with the work provided, including providing support where necessary with literacy, numeracy, and organisational skills
- To give feedback to the class teacher on student engagement in the set work and also any other issues that may have arisen
- To help prepare, monitor, and maintain a safe and secure learning environment
- To promote positive behaviour
- To undertake administrative duties relevant to the role
- Work with the Exams Coordinator to ensure the orderly and efficient running of public examinations
- To act as invigilator for both internal and external exams under formal conditions
- When not required to undertake any responsibility falling within the above, you may be directed to provide additional support in the academy with duties of a different nature
- Be aware of and support differentiation and ensure that pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Principal, SLT or Data, Exams, Cover and Timetabling Manager.
Where you'll work
Staynor house
Newborn Court
Chapel Street
Epworth
DN9 1HQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SCL EDUCATION & TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
Training schedule
The candidate will complete a Teaching Assistant Level 3 qualification, as well as Functional Skills Level 2 if required. They will receive full training from the employer and mentoring and guidance with their trainer from SCL - method and location to be confirmed.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Attention to detail
- Presentation skills
About this employer
Isle Education Trust is a multi-academy trust of primary, secondary and alternative provision academies that grew from the desire to ensure that local children received the highest standards of education.
After this apprenticeship
The candidate can progress on to training as a tutor, or an assessor once they have completed their apprenticeship.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SCL EDUCATION & TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332957.
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Closes in 29 days (Wednesday 20 August 2025)
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